Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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